Cattle-guard for railroads



(No Model.)

G. H GOLDRICK & 0. 0. VOGL.

CATTLE GUARD FOR RAILROADS.

No. 564,685. Patented July 28, 1896.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. GOLDRICK AND CHARLES C. VOGL, OF ANIlVA, WISCONSIN.

CATTLE-G UARD FOR RAILROADS'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,685, dated July 28,1896.

Application filed May 23, 1896. Serial No. 592,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gnondn H. GOLDRICK and CHARLES C. VOGL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Aniwa, in the county of Shawano and Stateof Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCattle-Guards for Railroads; and we .do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incattle-go ards for rail roads, and it has for its object the provisionof a simple and cheaply-constructed device of the character mentionedwhich will not readily get out of order, and which, should it becomeembedded in snow or ice during the winter season, may be readily removedfrom its seat between the rails and replaced after the ice or snow hasbeen removed.

The invention relates particularly to that class of cattle-guards whichis designed to be seated between the railroad-tracks, and in which agate is automatically raised to pre vent animals from passing upon thetracks by the weight of the approaching animal.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may subserve, thesame consisting in the novel construction and in the peculiarcombination, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, like letters of reference indicating the same partsthroughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan viewof the inven- Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section of thesame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in perspective of the gate. Fig. 4 isan enlarged detail in section, showing a suitable means for attachingthe chain-links to the cross-strips of the platform.

the street or crossing, and connecting the said blocks 0 is a transversetimber D.

At the opposite ends of the sills or timbers B B blocks E Eare secured,within openings in which blocks the ends of a shaft or drum F' arejournaled.

G, G, and G are metallic rods which have their ends seated in andsecured to the shaft F, the said rods being bent in such a manner as tocause the said rods together to constitute a gate, as shown.

H H are fiat chains, which are at one of their ends attached to thetimber D at the end of the platform farthest removed from the gate, andat their opposite ends are passed over the shaft or drum F, and areattached to the under side of the said shaft or drum.

The chains H are upon their upper faces provided with a series ofparallel connectingslats I I, which said slats are suitably attached tothe chain-links in any suitable manner, as, for instance, by boltspassed therethrough, as shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings.

To limit the movement of the gate when thrown upward, as will presentlybe explained, short fixed arms K are provided, against the ends of whicharms the gate is designed to contact when raised.

The operation of the device will, from the foregoing description, bereadily understood. It will be seen that the weight of an animalstepping upon the slats I will serve to depress the platform, thus, bydrawing upon the chains which are attached to the shaft F, cause apartial rotation of the said shaft, thus raising the gate.

It will be seen that a cattle-guard such as we have described is of fewparts, is simple and durable, and that it is equally well adapted toprevent hogs, sheep, and other smaller animals from passing upon thetracks, as well as serving to stop cattle and horses.

While we have described the invention as constructed of wood, it is atonce evident that the same may be, if preferred, of metal, and while wehave illustrated the gate and platform as placed between the rails of arailroad it is also evident that the gate is equally adapted for useoutside of the rails, or, if preferred,three platforms and gates maybeused, one being between the rails and one upon each side. As the gatesand their connections when so used would be duplicates, it is thoughtthat an illustration of such an arrangement of the gates is unnecessaryin this connection.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a railway cattle-guard, thecombination In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 3o tures inpresence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. GOLDRICK. CHARLES C. VOGL.

W'itnesses:

ADAM VOGL, THOS. E. MULLER,

